Local stores prepared for gift returns

Gift returns can be easy, with a couple simple tips

1:10 AM,
Dec. 26, 2012

Heidi Campbell, a specialist at JC Penney in the Rapids Mall in Wisconsin Rapids, helps a last-minute Christmas shopper Monday. According to store management, if a customer needs to return an item after Christmas, he or she can do so at any of the cash registers in the store.

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Don't like that sweater Great Aunt Martha got you for Christmas? How about that slow cooker - you know, the one that you can't squeeze into the cupboard with the three other ones seldom used?

Chances are, either today or in the near future, many people will be returning and exchanging items received for Christmas. Local store managers have offered some tips on ways to make the experience less frustrating for customers and store personnel.

A 2011 MarketTools Inc. study noted clothes and shoes ranked as the largest category for gift returns, followed by consumer electronics, kitchen and bath ...